Noah answers “Why did Suzanne Collins rip off the idea...”

Jason asked this question about Battle Royale:

Why did Suzanne Collins rip off the idea from this book and pretend she didn't?

Noah She didn't rip off this idea. Most people who say that (and I'm not counting you among them, I don't know you) are just looking for an excuse to hate …moreShe didn't rip off this idea. Most people who say that (and I'm not counting you among them, I don't know you) are just looking for an excuse to hate on the Hunger Games series. Are the ideas similar? Yes, but only for the first book. Look, Humans have been writing fiction for a LONG time, chances are, the idea for Battle Royale is nowhere close to the first one to have done it. Probably not even in the first 20. A lot of people have never heard of this book in the US. It was only published in the US 5 years before The Hunger Games. and that doesn't count for the years of hard work that needs to be put into a novel like that. Suzanne Collins even took the idea of this into a a whole new direction. Sure, the competition in the first book is VERY similar to the competition in Battle Royale, but nowadays, it is far more likely to have been a coincidence than a direct ripoff. But I can completely understand why a rationally thinking human would have their suspicions. (less)

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